Tamil as Tamil Nadu court language soon

By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
CHENNAI, 1 July (asiantribune.com): Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily promised to take steps to make Tamil the official language in the Madras High Court.
The appeal for the same came from the Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi, when the former met him at his Gopalapuram residence, where they had a brief rendezvous on Monday morning. “The ministry would discuss and take appropriate action on the matter,” he told media persons after the meeting.
The ruling DMK had been demanding the Centre for sometime to make Tamil the official language of Madras HC, besides making it one of the official languages of union government.
Moily said that it was a ‘courtesy call’ after the thumping victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
Moily also used the occasion to invite the Chief Minister for the release of Tamil version of the book Ramayanam Mahaveshanam. The translated book is to be released in the city on July 19.
When media persons asked him about repealing section 377 of Indian Penal Code that criminalises homosexuality, the Law Minister said that the issue cannot be rushed through and had to be decided only in consultation with all the sections of the society.
This question was asked in the backdrop of Sunday’s rally by the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community held in the city urging the union government to repeal section 377 of the IPC that bars sex between people of the same gender.